{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "redmine", "name": "Redmine", "vendor": "Redmine project", "vendorUrl": "https://www.redmine.org", "kind": "http-api", "category": "project-management", "summary": "Redmine is open-source project management software for issues, projects, time tracking, wikis and Gantt charts, written in Ruby on Rails and run on the owner's own server. Agents reach it through a REST API in JSON or XML.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/redmine.json", "dns": "redmine.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/redmine/redmine", "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access is self-serve on the owner's own install. An administrator first enables the REST API in the settings, where it is off by default. Each user then has one API key on the account page, sent in the `X-Redmine-API-Key` header, as the Basic auth user name or as a `key` query parameter. The key carries that user's full permissions and can be reset. Basic auth with a login and password also works, unless two-factor is active. Versions 6.1 and later accept OAuth 2 bearer tokens from applications an administrator registers, by the authorisation code grant, with one scope per Redmine permission.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free. Redmine is distributed under the GPL with no paid edition, cloud plan or trial from the project, so an agent can start without a contract once someone installs it. The owner pays for the server. API calls are not priced. The home page links one demo site and calls it unofficial and third-party (https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Download, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the REST API wiki or the source at tag 7.0.2 (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Rest_api", "capabilities": [ "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "projects.manage", "tasks.comments", "events.webhooks-send" ], "tags": [ "official", "self-hosted", "open-source", "rest", "oauth", "api-key", "free", "webhooks", "ruby", "project-management" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 39.1, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1328, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 51, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 60, "reliability": 66, "schema": 32, "security": 51, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-04" }, "negative": -15, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-11-01. The project's Security Advisories page lists 29 advisories fixed between 6 January and 1 November 2026, all in Redmine's own code apart from two Nokogiri updates. Counted one by one at this run's values, four Highs fixed under two months ago (#44625 and #44657 in 7.0.3 and 6.1.6 of 1 November, #44467 and #44468 in 7.0.2 and 6.1.5 of 30 September, two of them REST API leaks) at 2 each, seven older Highs and two Criticals (PostScript execution through thumbnail generation, #43451 in 6.1.1 of 6 January and #44145 in 6.1.3 of 15 June) at 1 each, 12 Moderates the project published itself at 1 each, and four Lows at 0. 8 + 9 + 12 = 29, held at the floor of -15 (https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories)." ], "verdict": "Redmine's REST API covers issues, projects, time entries and 20 other resources, and versions 6.1 and later add OAuth 2 with one scope per permission. The software is free under the GPL. No OpenAPI document exists, most errors return a bare status code, and 29 security advisories were fixed between January and November 2026, two rated critical.", "bestFor": "Teams that already run Redmine or want a free, self-hosted tracker with issues, time entries and wikis under their own control.", "strengths": [ "Free under GPL version 2 or later, with no paid edition, and the REST API is part of the standard release", "OAuth 2 since 6.1, authorisation code grant only, with one scope per Redmine permission and tokens stored hashed", "Eight releases across three series between 26 August and 1 November 2026, and a published policy that keeps three release series supported", "Issue lists take filters with operators, `sort`, `offset`, `limit` and `page`, and return `total_count`", "Webhooks since 7.0 for issues, time entries, versions, wiki pages and news, signed in an `X-Redmine-Signature-256` header" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI document or other machine-readable contract was found in the wiki or the source repository", "29 advisories were fixed between 6 January and 1 November 2026, two critical and 11 high, several of them data leaks or OAuth scope gaps in the REST API", "17 of the 23 API resources are marked Alpha in the documentation, and only five are marked Stable", "Errors other than validation failures return a status code with no body, and no idempotency keys exist", "The API key acts with its user's full permissions and is accepted in a `key` query parameter", "No official SDK. The wiki lists community clients, and no request limit is built in" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask an administrator to tick Enable REST API under Administration, Settings, API. It is off by default and every call fails until then", "Send the key in the `X-Redmine-API-Key` header, never as the `key` query parameter, and set `Content-Type: application/json` on every POST and PUT", "Add `status_id=*` to issue lists. The default returns open issues only, 25 a page with a maximum of 100", "Comment on an issue by sending `notes` in a PUT to `/issues/\u003cid\u003e.json`. There is no separate comment endpoint", "A DELETE on a project through the API skips the confirmation the web page asks for, so run the agent as a non-administrator user" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 39.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 51, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 60, "reliability": 66, "schema": 32, "security": 51, "transparency": 69 }, "provenanceScore": 35, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-04", "maintenance": "2026-11-04", "payments": "2026-11-04", "reliability": "2026-11-04", "schema": "2026-11-04", "security": "2026-11-04", "transparency": "2026-11-04" }, "last": "2026-11-04", "lastMoved": "2026-11-04", "oldest": "2026-11-04", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl -H \"X-Redmine-API-Key: $API_KEY\" https://$REDMINE_HOST/issues.json" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tasks.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/redmine" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Redmine (self-hosted)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 0, "note": "free software, REST API included; no paid edition from the project" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "redmine.org", "domainRegistered": "2006-07-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-04", "notes": [ "No legal entity was found. The home page says Redmine is built and maintained by community volunteers, and the source files carry a copyright notice in the name of Jean-Philippe Lang.", "No terms of service were found on redmine.org. The software is distributed under the GPL, version 2 or later, which stands in.", "The privacy policy at https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/PrivacyPolicy covers the redmine.org website only (server logs, account registration, ads and Gravatar). It does not govern an install of the software, so `provenance.privacy` is left out.", "There is no hosted service run by the project, so no endpoint sits on the vendor's domain. Each install answers on its owner's host.", "www.redmine.org/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 4 November 2026. The Security Advisories page gives security(at)redmine.org for reports." ], "score": 35 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine.json", "live": { "slug": "redmine", "githubStars": 6073, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://redmine.org/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:48.858378473Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "redmine.org", "registered": "2006-07-08", "source": "https://rdap.publicinterestregistry.org/rdap/domain/redmine.org", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:16:02.881441546Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:33:36.077374213Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-02T07:36:52.614841118Z", "fingerprint": "50dcddff9738" } ], "github": { "repo": "redmine/redmine", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:20:42.25402177Z", "stars": 6068, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": false, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T09:00:09Z", "openIssues": 0, "openPRs": 0, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 0, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 50, "success": 41, "failure": 9, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-11-02T09:01:06Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:48.858378473Z" } }, "answer": "Taskade scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Redmine's 39.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "taskade", "name": "Taskade", "vendor": "Taskcade Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.taskade.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "project-management", "summary": "Taskade is a workspace for projects, tasks, AI agents, automations and generated apps from Taskcade Inc. Agents reach it through REST API v1, the beta Action API v2, a hosted MCP server and an open-source local MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskade", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskade.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskade.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taskade.json", "dns": "taskade.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/taskade/mcp", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.taskade.com/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@taskade/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Personal access tokens (`tskdp_` prefix, shown once, at most 5 per account, revocable) carry no scopes and reach everything the owner can. OAuth 2.0 with PKCE (S256) and dynamic client registration; access tokens last 1 hour and each refresh rotates the refresh token. The only OAuth scope is `mcp`, and the REST and Action APIs ignore scope. A password reset revokes every token and grant.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with no card, but the hosted MCP server needs a paid workspace. Annual prices a month: Starter $6 (3 seats), Pro $10 (10 seats), Business $25 and Max $100 (unlimited seats), Enterprise custom. Monthly prices are not shown. Plans include monthly AI credits; `prompt_agent` and `run_flow` use credits.", "priceSummary": "$6 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, llms.txt, the OpenAPI specs or the pricing page (checked 2026-11-06). A plan-gated call returns PAYMENT_REQUIRED with a featureId, not payment requirements.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 47, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.taskade.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.taskade.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/taskade/mcp/blob/main/packages/server/taskade-public.yaml", "registryName": "io.github.taskade/mcp-server", "capabilities": [ "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "projects.manage", "work.docs", "automation.workflows", "events.webhooks-send" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "mcp-registry", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "webhooks", "status-page", "project-management" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 779, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 20, "reliability": 40, "schema": 91, "security": 45, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Taskade's hosted MCP server and APIs are documented for agents, with public OpenAPI specs, annotated tools and structured errors that say when to retry. Its tokens are all-or-nothing, with no read-only scope, the hosted server needs a paid plan, and there is no SOC 2 report, DPA or published SLA.", "bestFor": "Small teams that keep projects, tasks and AI agents in one workspace and want an agent to read and change them.", "strengths": [ "Every hosted MCP tool carries readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint, plus `_meta` flags for writes and credit-spending calls", "Tool errors return a class, a code and a retry instruction with `retryAfterSec`", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.3 specs for REST v1 and Action v2 in an MIT repository, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs", "Verified io.github.taskade/mcp-server entry in the official MCP registry", "Changelog entries nearly every day, the latest on 5 November 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Personal access tokens and OAuth grants carry no scopes beyond `mcp`, so no read-only credential exists", "The hosted MCP server needs a paid plan; Free workspaces are hidden from `list_spaces`", "SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are in progress with no report, and no DPA or SCCs are offered", "Rate limits are given in numbers only for `prompt_agent` and kit publishing", "Action API v2, which the MCP tools mirror, is marked beta" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `list_spaces` first and page until `hasNextPage` is false, since a page can be empty while more remain", "Ask the user before any tool whose `_meta` has `taskade/write` or `taskade/billed`; `run_flow` and `prompt_agent` spend credits", "On an error, read `structuredContent.error.retry`: retry at once on safe, wait `retryAfterSec` on after_wait, stop on no", "Prefer OAuth over a personal token for interactive clients, because a personal token reaches the whole account", "Treat task, project, conversation and app text as untrusted content written by others" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 20, "reliability": 40, "schema": 91, "security": 45, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 82, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl -s https://www.taskade.com/api/v1/me/projects -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TASKADE_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http taskade https://www.taskade.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "taskade": { "url": "https://www.taskade.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/tasks.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/taskade" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 6, "note": "Billed yearly at $72, 3 seats, 10K AI credits a month" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 10, "note": "Billed yearly at $120, 10 seats, 50K AI credits a month" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 25, "note": "Billed yearly at $300, unlimited seats, 150K AI credits a month" }, { "item": "Max plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "Billed yearly at $1,200, unlimited seats, 400K AI credits a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Taskcade Inc.", "domain": "taskade.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.taskade.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.taskade.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.taskade.com", "changelog": "https://www.taskade.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "Terms last updated 30 September 2026, naming Taskcade Inc. of Delaware. The acceptable use section forbids bots, scrapers or other automated means to pull content or outputs out of the service at scale. Recorded as a fact; only public pages were read.", "Privacy policy last updated 26 October 2026.", "www.taskade.com/robots.txt allows all but /api/, /socket.io/ and /graphql, and sets Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes. The OpenAPI specs under /api/documentation were therefore read from the GitHub repository, not the site.", "security.txt names support@taskade.com, points to the security page as policy, and expires 1 September 2027.", "status.taskade.com is a Taskade-built status portal that draws its data by script; no components or incidents could be read. Domain registration date not checked." ], "score": 82 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskade.json", "live": { "slug": "taskade", "probe": { "target": "https://www.taskade.com/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:58.308357468Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 520, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 132, "p95ms24h": 459, "samples24h": 200, "samples30d": 200, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.taskade.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:48:50.902945286Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "taskade/mcp", "version": "v0.0.3", "released": "2026-06-10", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:10:02.038959256Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.taskade/mcp-server", "version": "0.1.4", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T18:16:28.95801333Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@taskade/mcp-server", "version": "0.1.4", "seenAt": "2026-11-07T00:10:01.151482314Z" } ], "githubStars": 170, "npmWeekly": 320, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://taskade.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-09-01T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:46.13510211Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.taskade.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:34:05.699006374Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.taskade.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:35:24.057343775Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b1d4fdfba44d" }, { "url": "https://www.taskade.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:35:30.038915009Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f59185a37320" }, { "url": "https://www.taskade.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:35:30.254294882Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ff1bc6279952" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://www.taskade.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:48:13.988871322Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:48:13.988871322Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:58.308357468Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 59, "category": "schema", "leads": "taskade", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "No OpenAPI document or other machine-readable contract was found in the wiki or the repository (0). No llms.txt (the path returned 404) and no Markdown docs for agents (0). Each resource has a wiki page that lists its calls and parameters in a line each, with little on when to use one (9 of 20). Parameters are named with few types, and allowed values are given for only some, such as `status_id` and `include` (5 of 15). Calls have XML and JSON examples, and the 422 validation response is documented. Other error responses are not (9 of 15). The API has no version of its own. Pages note the release each call arrived in, the changelog has a REST API section, and the change history holds two entries, one of them for the unreleased 7.1.0, which also adds a Documents resource (9 of 15).", "b": "OpenAPI 3.0.3 specs for REST v1 and Action v2 are linked from llms.txt and committed in the public taskade/mcp repository, which is where we read them because the site's /api/ path is disallowed in robots.txt (25). llms.txt, a developer docs index and a Markdown copy of each page (10). The hosted MCP docs say what each tool does, which role it needs and what the server cannot do; the v2 spec's operations carry no descriptions of their own (14 of 20). The v1 spec has 96 enums and 254 required lists (13 of 15). Error tables with causes and fixes on the MCP and API pages, and a documented error envelope (14 of 15). Versioned APIs (1.0.0, 2.0.0-beta), deprecations marked in the spec and a changelog updated almost daily (15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 13 + 14 + 15 = 91." }, "scores": { "a": 32, "b": 91 } }, { "by": 40, "category": "payments", "leads": "redmine", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "Read with the self-hosted rule. No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (0). Redmine is free software with nothing to buy from the project (20). No trial or card is involved (20). No signup with a vendor is needed. The owner installs it and creates the key (20).", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, billed yearly, with nothing per call (10). A Free plan needs no card, but the hosted MCP server is limited to paid plans and the pricing table lists the API from Business up, so the free tier reaches little of the agent surface (10 of 20). A person signs up in a browser and verifies an email before a token can be made (0). 0 + 10 + 10 + 0 = 20." }, "scores": { "a": 60, "b": 20 } }, { "by": 26, "category": "reliability", "leads": "redmine", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Graded on the REST API of a self-hosted install, with the local-software lines. Redmine has no vendor-run cloud. Official tarballs and zip files with SHA-256 sums, and an install guide that states the supported Ruby, Rails and database versions. No official gem or container image (18 of 20, per the 9 October check for the install guide). GitHub Actions runs the 386 test files at tag 7.0.3 on four Ruby versions and three databases. The results are shown only as badge images on github.com, which we cannot read, so a public CI that runs the tests with an unreadable result takes 15 of 25. The issue tracker's lists are closed to us by robots.txt. The 7.0.3 changelog alone lists more than 20 fixed defects, which is the only evidence read (12 of 25). A release policy of quarterly minors and yearly majors, a changelog per series and an API change history (11 of 15). 7.0.x is the latest stable series, but the docs mark 17 of 23 API resources Alpha (10 of 15). 18 + 15 + 12 + 11 + 10 = 66.", "b": "Graded as a hosted service on the hosted MCP server and REST API v1. status.taskade.com is Taskade's own status portal, but it draws its data by script and no components could be read (10 of 20). No readable incident history (5). Rate limits have numbers only for `prompt_agent` (60 calls in 10 minutes) and `publish_kit_version` (5 an hour); the API docs say 429 marks a rate limit without stating it (5 of 15). The API returns 429 with Retry-After, MCP tools use `x-rate-limit-reset`, and tool errors say whether a retry is safe and after how many seconds (15). The terms commit to no uptime level without a separate written agreement, and only Enterprise mentions SLAs (0). REST API v1 is GA, while Action API v2, which most hosted MCP tools mirror, is beta (5 of 10). 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 + 0 + 5 = 40." }, "scores": { "a": 66, "b": 40 } }, { "by": 17, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "taskade", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Graded on the REST API. Lists return 25 items by default and 100 at most, and related data arrives only when named in `include`. No field selection (15 of 25). `offset`, `limit` and `page` with a `total_count`, filters with operators on issues, `sort` and saved queries (17 of 20). Validation failures return 422 with a list of messages. In the source, other errors answer with a status code and an empty body (9 of 20). No idempotency keys and no retry guidance. A wiki page update with a stale version returns 409, and no equivalent is documented for issues (4 of 20). Creating an issue needs a project and a subject. No official SDK was found, and the wiki lists community clients for nine languages (6 of 15).", "b": "47 hosted MCP tools are listed (5), with `inspect_space` line ranges and cursor pagination to size reads (3 back). Cursor pagination on list tools and a paginated, plan-filtered `list_spaces`, with few filters (15 of 20). MCP tool errors return `class`, `code`, `retry` and `retryAfterSec`, and invalid arguments come back as a tool result the model can correct (20). Every tool states readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint, and `_meta` flags mark writes and billed calls; no idempotency keys for creates were found (18 of 20). Setup is one URL with OAuth; the TypeScript SDK is in preview and not on npm, and no second official SDK exists (7 of 15). 8 + 15 + 20 + 18 + 7 = 68." }, "scores": { "a": 51, "b": 68 } }, { "by": 17, "category": "transparency", "leads": "taskade", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "The source is public under the GPL, version 2 or later (30). Data stays on the owner's server. The project publishes no statement on what an install stores or sends, and its privacy policy covers only the redmine.org website. In the source, Gravatar, which sends a hash of each email address to a third party, is off by default (17 of 30). A support policy names the three series that get fixes, and the API change history dates each breaking change. No deprecation policy with notice periods was found (10 of 20). No telemetry was found in a search of the application source, and the docs make no statement either way (12 of 20).", "b": "Closed service under terms naming Taskcade Inc. and Delaware law, with the MCP server, plugin and OpenAPI specs under MIT (20 of 30). The privacy policy gives practices for retention (AI processing logs normally 30 days, account deletion within 30 days) but calls them targets, not contractual periods, and no DPA or SCCs are offered (15 of 30). Deprecated endpoints are marked in the docs and spec with their replacement, with no deprecation policy or dates (8 of 20). Hosting is AWS US East, and AI providers are named as examples, some in China, with the full list on request; analytics tools (Google Analytics, PostHog, Plausible, Sentry) are named (12 of 20). 20 + 15 + 8 + 12 = 55." }, "scores": { "a": 52, "b": 69 } }, { "by": 12, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "taskade", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Versions 7.0.3, 6.1.6 and 6.0.12 were tagged on 1 November 2026 (30). Eight releases across three series in the 90 days from 6 August, on 26 August, 30 September and 1 November (20). The master branch had 146 commits in the 30 days to 4 November 2026 and each release fixes dozens of tracked defects. The issue tracker and forums were not sampled, because robots.txt closes the issue lists, and pull requests on the GitHub mirror are not reviewed by design (14 of 25). No official SDK and no MCP server were found (0). 7.0.2 moved to Rails 8.1.4, earlier releases updated Nokogiri, and tests and linters run on Ruby 3.2 to 4.0 (9 of 10). 30 + 20 + 14 + 0 + 9 = 73.", "b": "Changelog v6.306.0 on 5 November 2026, and v6.304.0 on 4 November updated the MCP setup page (30). Fifteen entries between 29 October and 5 November alone, and @taskade/mcp-server 0.1.3 (19 October) and 0.1.4 (22 October) (20). The taskade/mcp repository merged pull requests #114 to #122 between 26 October and 4 November; GitHub's API did not answer, so open issues and reply times were not counted (15 of 25). Verified io.github.taskade/mcp-server namespace in the official MCP registry, with the hosted remote (15). CI, release and registry-publish workflows, and the Docker image moved off end-of-life Node 20 on 28 October (5 of 10, with dependency health not checked). 30 + 20 + 15 + 15 + 5 = 85." }, "scores": { "a": 73, "b": 85 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Redmine project", "b": "Taskcade Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://www.taskade.com/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "GPL-2.0-or-later", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "47", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "not listed", "b": "io.github.taskade/mcp-server", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-11-01", "b": "2026-11-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-09-30", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-10-26", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Taskade scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Redmine's 39.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Redmine or Taskade?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Redmine and Taskade need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Redmine. Taskade has a hosted endpoint at https://www.taskade.com/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Redmine and Taskade without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Redmine is open source (GPL-2.0-or-later). No open-source release is listed for Taskade.", "question": "Are Redmine and Taskade open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 66 against 40", "Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 45", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Teams that already run Redmine or want a free, self-hosted tracker with issues, time entries and wikis under their own control.", "slug": "redmine", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI document or other machine-readable contract was found in the wiki or the source repository" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 32", "Agent ergonomics, 68 against 51", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 73", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 52" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where Redmine loses 15 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Small teams that keep projects, tasks and AI agents in one workspace and want an agent to read and change them.", "slug": "taskade", "watchFor": "Personal access tokens and OAuth grants carry no scopes beyond `mcp`, so no read-only credential exists" } ], "history": { "redmine": [ { "causes": [ "security", "correction" ], "date": "2026-11-04", "delta": -11.6, "from": 50.7, "fromGrade": "D", "to": 39.1, "toGrade": "E" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.5, "from": 50.2, "fromGrade": "D", "to": 50.7, "toGrade": "D" } ], "taskade": null }, "job": { "capability": "tasks.create", "name": "Issues and tasks" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-redmine.json", "title": "Asana vs Redmine", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-redmine" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-taskade.json", "title": "Asana vs Taskade", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asana-vs-taskade" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-teamwork.json", "title": "Redmine vs Teamwork.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-teamwork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-todoist.json", "title": "Redmine vs Todoist", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-todoist" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-trello.json", "title": "Redmine vs Trello", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-trello" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-wrike.json", "title": "Redmine vs Wrike", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-wrike" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Redmine vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-youtrack" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/roma-vs-taskade.json", "title": "Roma vs Taskade", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/roma-vs-taskade" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-taskade.json", "title": "Shortcut vs Taskade", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shortcut-vs-taskade" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taiga-vs-taskade.json", "title": "Taiga vs Taskade", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taiga-vs-taskade" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-teamwork.json", "title": "Taskade vs Teamwork.com", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-teamwork" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-todoist.json", "title": "Taskade vs Todoist", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-todoist" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-trello.json", "title": "Taskade vs Trello", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-trello" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-wrike.json", "title": "Taskade vs Wrike", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-wrike" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-youtrack.json", "title": "Taskade vs YouTrack", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/taskade-vs-youtrack" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 26, "edge": "redmine", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "redmine": 66, "taskade": 40, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 59, "edge": "taskade", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "redmine": 32, "taskade": 91, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "taskade", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "redmine": 51, "taskade": 68, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "redmine", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "redmine": 51, "taskade": 45, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "edge": "redmine", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "redmine": 60, "taskade": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "taskade", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "redmine": 73, "taskade": 85, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "taskade", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "redmine": 52, "taskade": 69, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Taskade scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Redmine's 39.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do issues and tasks.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "redmine": "Redmine's REST API covers issues, projects, time entries and 20 other resources, and versions 6.1 and later add OAuth 2 with one scope per permission. The software is free under the GPL. No OpenAPI document exists, most errors return a bare status code, and 29 security advisories were fixed between January and November 2026, two rated critical.", "taskade": "Taskade's hosted MCP server and APIs are documented for agents, with public OpenAPI specs, annotated tools and structured errors that say when to retry. Its tokens are all-or-nothing, with no read-only scope, the hosted server needs a paid plan, and there is no SOC 2 report, DPA or published SLA." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-taskade", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-taskade.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-taskade.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/redmine-vs-taskade.min.md" }, "markdown": "Taskade scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Redmine's 39.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do issues and tasks.\n\n- Redmine: grade E, 39.1/100, rank #1328 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/redmine.json\n- Taskade: grade C, 57.7/100, rank #779 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskade.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taskade.json\n- Best project and task management tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/project-management/index.md\n- All 189 projects comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/project-management/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Redmine (E)\n\nGood for: Teams that already run Redmine or want a free, self-hosted tracker with issues, time entries and wikis under their own control.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 66 against 40\n- Security \u0026 auth, 51 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI document or other machine-readable contract was found in the wiki or the source repository\n\n### Taskade (C)\n\nGood for: Small teams that keep projects, tasks and AI agents in one workspace and want an agent to read and change them.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 32\n- Agent ergonomics, 68 against 51\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 73\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 52\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Redmine loses 15 points for them\n\nWatch for: Personal access tokens and OAuth grants carry no scopes beyond `mcp`, so no read-only credential exists\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Taskade +59\n\n- Redmine (32): No OpenAPI document or other machine-readable contract was found in the wiki or the repository (0). No llms.txt (the path returned 404) and no Markdown docs for agents (0). Each resource has a wiki page that lists its calls and parameters in a line each, with little on when to use one (9 of 20). Parameters are named with few types, and allowed values are given for only some, such as `status_id` and `include` (5 of 15). Calls have XML and JSON examples, and the 422 validation response is documented. Other error responses are not (9 of 15). The API has no version of its own. Pages note the release each call arrived in, the changelog has a REST API section, and the change history holds two entries, one of them for the unreleased 7.1.0, which also adds a Documents resource (9 of 15).\n- Taskade (91): OpenAPI 3.0.3 specs for REST v1 and Action v2 are linked from llms.txt and committed in the public taskade/mcp repository, which is where we read them because the site's /api/ path is disallowed in robots.txt (25). llms.txt, a developer docs index and a Markdown copy of each page (10). The hosted MCP docs say what each tool does, which role it needs and what the server cannot do; the v2 spec's operations carry no descriptions of their own (14 of 20). The v1 spec has 96 enums and 254 required lists (13 of 15). Error tables with causes and fixes on the MCP and API pages, and a documented error envelope (14 of 15). Versioned APIs (1.0.0, 2.0.0-beta), deprecations marked in the spec and a changelog updated almost daily (15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 13 + 14 + 15 = 91.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Redmine +40\n\n- Redmine (60): Read with the self-hosted rule. No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (0). Redmine is free software with nothing to buy from the project (20). No trial or card is involved (20). No signup with a vendor is needed. The owner installs it and creates the key (20).\n- Taskade (20): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, billed yearly, with nothing per call (10). A Free plan needs no card, but the hosted MCP server is limited to paid plans and the pricing table lists the API from Business up, so the free tier reaches little of the agent surface (10 of 20). A person signs up in a browser and verifies an email before a token can be made (0). 0 + 10 + 10 + 0 = 20.\n\n### Reliability: Redmine +26\n\n- Redmine (66): Graded on the REST API of a self-hosted install, with the local-software lines. Redmine has no vendor-run cloud. Official tarballs and zip files with SHA-256 sums, and an install guide that states the supported Ruby, Rails and database versions. No official gem or container image (18 of 20, per the 9 October check for the install guide). GitHub Actions runs the 386 test files at tag 7.0.3 on four Ruby versions and three databases. The results are shown only as badge images on github.com, which we cannot read, so a public CI that runs the tests with an unreadable result takes 15 of 25. The issue tracker's lists are closed to us by robots.txt. The 7.0.3 changelog alone lists more than 20 fixed defects, which is the only evidence read (12 of 25). A release policy of quarterly minors and yearly majors, a changelog per series and an API change history (11 of 15). 7.0.x is the latest stable series, but the docs mark 17 of 23 API resources Alpha (10 of 15). 18 + 15 + 12 + 11 + 10 = 66.\n- Taskade (40): Graded as a hosted service on the hosted MCP server and REST API v1. status.taskade.com is Taskade's own status portal, but it draws its data by script and no components could be read (10 of 20). No readable incident history (5). Rate limits have numbers only for `prompt_agent` (60 calls in 10 minutes) and `publish_kit_version` (5 an hour); the API docs say 429 marks a rate limit without stating it (5 of 15). The API returns 429 with Retry-After, MCP tools use `x-rate-limit-reset`, and tool errors say whether a retry is safe and after how many seconds (15). The terms commit to no uptime level without a separate written agreement, and only Enterprise mentions SLAs (0). REST API v1 is GA, while Action API v2, which most hosted MCP tools mirror, is beta (5 of 10). 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 + 0 + 5 = 40.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Taskade +17\n\n- Redmine (51): Graded on the REST API. Lists return 25 items by default and 100 at most, and related data arrives only when named in `include`. No field selection (15 of 25). `offset`, `limit` and `page` with a `total_count`, filters with operators on issues, `sort` and saved queries (17 of 20). Validation failures return 422 with a list of messages. In the source, other errors answer with a status code and an empty body (9 of 20). No idempotency keys and no retry guidance. A wiki page update with a stale version returns 409, and no equivalent is documented for issues (4 of 20). Creating an issue needs a project and a subject. No official SDK was found, and the wiki lists community clients for nine languages (6 of 15).\n- Taskade (68): 47 hosted MCP tools are listed (5), with `inspect_space` line ranges and cursor pagination to size reads (3 back). Cursor pagination on list tools and a paginated, plan-filtered `list_spaces`, with few filters (15 of 20). MCP tool errors return `class`, `code`, `retry` and `retryAfterSec`, and invalid arguments come back as a tool result the model can correct (20). Every tool states readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint, and `_meta` flags mark writes and billed calls; no idempotency keys for creates were found (18 of 20). Setup is one URL with OAuth; the TypeScript SDK is in preview and not on npm, and no second official SDK exists (7 of 15). 8 + 15 + 20 + 18 + 7 = 68.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Taskade +17\n\n- Redmine (52): The source is public under the GPL, version 2 or later (30). Data stays on the owner's server. The project publishes no statement on what an install stores or sends, and its privacy policy covers only the redmine.org website. In the source, Gravatar, which sends a hash of each email address to a third party, is off by default (17 of 30). A support policy names the three series that get fixes, and the API change history dates each breaking change. No deprecation policy with notice periods was found (10 of 20). No telemetry was found in a search of the application source, and the docs make no statement either way (12 of 20).\n- Taskade (69): Closed service under terms naming Taskcade Inc. and Delaware law, with the MCP server, plugin and OpenAPI specs under MIT (20 of 30). The privacy policy gives practices for retention (AI processing logs normally 30 days, account deletion within 30 days) but calls them targets, not contractual periods, and no DPA or SCCs are offered (15 of 30). Deprecated endpoints are marked in the docs and spec with their replacement, with no deprecation policy or dates (8 of 20). Hosting is AWS US East, and AI providers are named as examples, some in China, with the full list on request; analytics tools (Google Analytics, PostHog, Plausible, Sentry) are named (12 of 20). 20 + 15 + 8 + 12 = 55.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Taskade +12\n\n- Redmine (73): Versions 7.0.3, 6.1.6 and 6.0.12 were tagged on 1 November 2026 (30). Eight releases across three series in the 90 days from 6 August, on 26 August, 30 September and 1 November (20). The master branch had 146 commits in the 30 days to 4 November 2026 and each release fixes dozens of tracked defects. The issue tracker and forums were not sampled, because robots.txt closes the issue lists, and pull requests on the GitHub mirror are not reviewed by design (14 of 25). No official SDK and no MCP server were found (0). 7.0.2 moved to Rails 8.1.4, earlier releases updated Nokogiri, and tests and linters run on Ruby 3.2 to 4.0 (9 of 10). 30 + 20 + 14 + 0 + 9 = 73.\n- Taskade (85): Changelog v6.306.0 on 5 November 2026, and v6.304.0 on 4 November updated the MCP setup page (30). Fifteen entries between 29 October and 5 November alone, and @taskade/mcp-server 0.1.3 (19 October) and 0.1.4 (22 October) (20). The taskade/mcp repository merged pull requests #114 to #122 between 26 October and 4 November; GitHub's API did not answer, so open issues and reply times were not counted (15 of 25). Verified io.github.taskade/mcp-server namespace in the official MCP registry, with the hosted remote (15). CI, release and registry-publish workflows, and the Docker image moved off end-of-life Node 20 on 28 October (5 of 10, with dependency health not checked). 30 + 20 + 15 + 15 + 5 = 85.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Redmine | Taskade | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 66 | 40 | Redmine +26 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 32 | 91 | Taskade +59 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 68 | Taskade +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 45 | Redmine +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | Redmine +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 85 | Taskade +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 69 | Taskade +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -15 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **39.1 · E** | **57.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Redmine | Taskade |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Redmine project | Taskcade Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://www.taskade.com/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 47 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.taskade/mcp-server` |\n| Last release | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-05 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-30 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-26 |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | yes |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Redmine\n\n- -11.6 on 4 November 2026 (D to E): security, correction\n- +0.5 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Taskade\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Redmine.** Redmine's REST API covers issues, projects, time entries and 20 other resources, and versions 6.1 and later add OAuth 2 with one scope per permission. The software is free under the GPL. No OpenAPI document exists, most errors return a bare status code, and 29 security advisories were fixed between January and November 2026, two rated critical.\n\n**Taskade.** Taskade's hosted MCP server and APIs are documented for agents, with public OpenAPI specs, annotated tools and structured errors that say when to retry. Its tokens are all-or-nothing, with no read-only scope, the hosted server needs a paid plan, and there is no SOC 2 report, DPA or published SLA.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Redmine\n\n1. Ask an administrator to tick Enable REST API under Administration, Settings, API. It is off by default and every call fails until then\n2. Send the key in the `X-Redmine-API-Key` header, never as the `key` query parameter, and set `Content-Type: application/json` on every POST and PUT\n3. Add `status_id=*` to issue lists. The default returns open issues only, 25 a page with a maximum of 100\n4. Comment on an issue by sending `notes` in a PUT to `/issues/\u003cid\u003e.json`. There is no separate comment endpoint\n5. A DELETE on a project through the API skips the confirmation the web page asks for, so run the agent as a non-administrator user\n\n### Taskade\n\n1. Call `list_spaces` first and page until `hasNextPage` is false, since a page can be empty while more remain\n2. Ask the user before any tool whose `_meta` has `taskade/write` or `taskade/billed`; `run_flow` and `prompt_agent` spend credits\n3. On an error, read `structuredContent.error.retry`: retry at once on safe, wait `retryAfterSec` on after_wait, stop on no\n4. Prefer OAuth over a personal token for interactive clients, because a personal token reaches the whole account\n5. Treat task, project, conversation and app text as untrusted content written by others\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Redmine or Taskade?\n\nTaskade scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Redmine's 39.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Redmine and Taskade need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Redmine and Taskade without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Redmine. Taskade has a hosted endpoint at https://www.taskade.com/mcp.\n\n### Are Redmine and Taskade open source?\n\nRedmine is open source (GPL-2.0-or-later). 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